The Athens County election results have determined the mayors for the towns and villages of Nelsonville, Glouster, Chauncey and Coolville.
Nelsonville
Republican Jonathan Flowers is the unofficial winner of Nelsonville's election for mayor, with a total of 302 votes.
In a candidate event hosted by the League of Women Voters of Athens County, Flowers said he grew up in the east end of Nelsonville and lived there for 33 years before moving to San Antonio, Texas. He resided in Texas for 30 years, stating he daily thought about his hometown and moved back once his marriage “changed.”
Republican write-in Fred Holmes was Flowers’ opponent, a Nelsonville local since 2003, and became the city manager in the same year. During the candidate event hosted by LWV, he stated, contrary to popular belief, he resigned from his position in 2006.
The total number of write-in votes for Nelsonville was 214.
Glouster
Nathan Simons is the unofficial winner of the Village of Glouster’s election for mayor, with a total of 220 votes.
Simmons was the mayor for the previous election period in Glouster.
During the candidate event hosted by LWV, Simmons said he was on the Council in 2017. While he was president of the council during his second term, the mayor of Glouster resigned. He said he took over mayoral duties and decided to run again for the 2025 election.
Simmons works for HAPCAP and is currently a board member on the Athens County Land Bank, a company working to repurpose abandoned property.
Lucas Mace was also running for mayor of Glouster and received 78 votes. In 2014, Mace pleaded guilty to six second-degree misdemeanor counts of dereliction, obtaining a plea deal with the Athens County Prosecutor's Office, according to a previous report by The Post.
Chauncey
Frank Campbell is the unofficial winner of the Chauncey mayoral election, with a total of 72 votes.
During the candidate event hosted by LWV, Campbell said his family has resided in Athens County since at least 1914.
Campbell said he owns the only farm in Chauncey, where he raises cattle and his children.
Evelyn Nagy also ran for Chauncey mayor this election and received 52 votes. She said she moved to Chauncey in 2009 during the LWV candidate event, where she raised two children. She said she joined the Chauncey Village Council in 2025 and has worked with several mayoral mentors.
She said she never thought she would love government so much, and that’s why she decided to run for mayor this year.
Coolville
Tiffany Rife Oman is the unofficial winner of the Coolville mayoral election, with a total of 46 votes, and is the assistant principal for Meigs Intermediate School.
She moved from Delaware to Coolville in 2021, and said during the candidate event hosted by LWV found Coolville while driving from Athens on Zillow while searching for a house, and decided Coolville was her home.
Her slogan is “we’re going to make Coolville cool again.”
Curtis Rood also ran for mayor in the general election for Coolville and received 28 votes.
Rood stated during the candidate event hosted by LWV, he has been on the Coolville city council for several years.
Rood stated he’s lived in Coolville all his life, along with a lot of his family. Since he’s lived in Coolville all this time, he said he understands the needs of the community and is willing to work for those needs.
